City Retail As Netherlands Implements Austerity Plans

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Shoppers are reflected in the windows of clothing fashion stores on a street in Amsterdam, Netherlands, on Thursday, Jan. 2, 2014. The Netherlands will grow by 0.5 percent in 2014 as the world economy improves and consumer confidence picks up, the country's central bank forecast Dec. 9. Photographer: Jasper Juinen/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Shoppers are reflected in the windows of clothing fashion stores on a street in Amsterdam, Netherlands, on Thursday, Jan. 2, 2014. The Netherlands will grow by 0.5 percent in 2014 as the world economy improves and consumer confidence picks up, the country's central bank forecast Dec. 9. Photographer: Jasper Juinen/Bloomberg via Getty Images